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Looking back on New Labour: Will Selfhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/will-self-on-new-labour
'It was always nonsense to imagine unfettered greed would trickle down into social inclusion'<p><strong>A prolific novelist, journalist and essayist, Will Self, 48, is author of <em>The Quantity Theory of Insanity</em>; <em>Great Apes</em>; <em>How the Dead Live</em> and <em>The Book of Dave</em></strong></p><p>During the 1997 election I put up a handmade poster in the house where I lived that read: &quot;A Vote for Labour is Not Necessarily a Vote for That Sanctimonious Git Blair.&quot; I-told-you-so is never an attractive quality, but while my sign may have been factually incorrect, I was spot-on when it came to the man himself, which was why my tick was placed elsewhere in 2001, 2005, and will be again come May.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/will-self-on-new-labour">Continue reading...</a>LabourTony BlairLabour party leadershipBAE SystemsSat, 03 Apr 2010 23:07:50 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/will-self-on-new-labourDan Chung/GuardianWill Self at an antiwar rally in Hyde Park, London, in 2003. Photograph: Dan ChungDan Chung/GuardianWill Self at an anti-war rally in Hyde Park, London, in 2003. Photograph: Dan ChungWill Self2010-04-03T23:07:50ZLooking back on New Labour: Sue Townsendhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/sue-townsend-on-new-labour
The creator of Adrian Mole wonders how Blair could have looked his family in the eye after following Bush into war<p><strong>Novelist and playwright Sue Townsend, 64, is best known for her </strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/20/adrian-mole-lost-diaries-review" title="Adrian Mole"><strong><em>Adrian Mole</em></strong></a><strong> series, but also wrote </strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/nov/10/fiction.features1" title="Number Ten"><strong><em>Number Ten</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em>a satirical novel about a prime minister with a Scottish chancellor of the exchequer.</strong></p><p>It was an uncomfortable sight as Prescott, Kinnock and Mandelson wiggled their hips and clicked their fingers like cool-cats to &quot;Things Can Only Get Better<em>&quot;</em>, as dawn broke on the first day of a New Labour government. Tony Blair mounted a platform with Cherie attached limpet-like to his side, as she gazed at him with undisguised adoration.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/sue-townsend-on-new-labour">Continue reading...</a>LabourTony BlairPoliticsSat, 03 Apr 2010 23:06:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/sue-townsend-on-new-labourChristopher Thomond/Christopher Thomond'I never loved Tony Blair,' says novelist Sue Townsend, photographed above in Leeds in 2001. Photograph: Christopher ThomondChristopher Thomond/Christopher Thomond'I never loved Tony Blair,' says novelist Sue Townsend, photographed above in Leeds in 2001. Photograph: Christopher ThomondSue Townsend2010-04-03T23:06:37ZLooking back on New Labour: Philip Pullmanhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/philip-pullman-on-new-labour
'Tony Blair's power is almost supernatural – he led an entire party into policies utterly alien to its nature', says the author of His Dark Materials<p><strong>Novelist </strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/philippullman" title=""><strong>Philip Pullman</strong></a><strong>, 63, is best known for his award-winning children's trilogy, <em>His Dark Materials</em>. His latest book is </strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/mar/29/religion-philippullman" title="The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Chris"><strong><em>The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ</em></strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/philip-pullman-on-new-labour">Continue reading...</a>Tony BlairLabourLabour party leadershipSat, 03 Apr 2010 23:05:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/apr/04/philip-pullman-on-new-labourSean Smith/Guardian'New Labour and Tony Blair are one and the same thing'. Above, the new prime minister arrives in Downing Street in 1997. Photograph: Sean SmithSean Smith/Guardian'New Labour and Tony Blair are one and the same thing'. Above, the new prime minister arrives in Downing Street in 1997. Photograph: Sean SmithPhilip Pullman2010-04-03T23:05:02Z